11-letter words containing f, r, e, c, h
- flesh color — (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- forechecked — Simple past tense and past participle of forecheck.
- forechecker — (ice hockey) A player who forechecks.
- forereached — Simple past tense and past participle of forereach.
- forevouched — previously avowed
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- franchisees — Plural form of franchisee.
- franchisers — Plural form of franchiser.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- francophone — Also, Francophonic [frang-kuh-fon-ik] /ˌfræŋ kəˈfɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). speaking French, especially as a member of a French-speaking population.
- free charge — any electric charge that can be placed on a conductor or on or within a dielectric or that moves freely in space (opposed to polarization charge).
- free church — (sometimes initial capital letters) a church free from state control. Compare established church.
- free french — (in World War II) the French movement, organized in London under the leadership of General Charles de Gaulle, that repudiated the 1940 armistice with the Nazis and the government established at Vichy and fought for the liberation of France and the restoration of the republic.
- free school — a privately run school organized as an alternative to the traditional public or private school, usually following a highly flexible approach to the curriculum and teaching methods.
- free speech — freedom of speech.
- freeze-etch — to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze etching.
- freight car — any car for carrying freight.
- french arch — an arch similar to a flat arch, but having voussoirs inclined to the same angle on each side of the center.
- french bean — British. the pod of a green bean or wax bean, eaten as a vegetable.
- french chop — a rib chop, usually of lamb, with the meat trimmed from the end of the bone.
- french cuff — a double cuff formed by folding back a wide band at the end of a sleeve, usually fastened by a cuff link.
- french door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french fact — (in Canada) the presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural force within the Confederation
- french flat — a flat that can be raised to or hung from the flies, and that contains practicable doors, windows, etc.
- french foot — Also called knurl toe, scroll foot, whorl foot. a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
- french harp — harmonica (def 1).
- french heel — a high, curved heel, characterized by a heel breast curving into a shank, used on women's shoes.
- french horn — a musical brass wind instrument with a long, coiled tube having a conical bore and a flaring bell.
- french kiss — kiss with tongues
- french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric
- french loaf — baguette, long stick of bread
- french navy — a dark dull navy blue
- french roll — a circular or oval bread roll having a hard or crispy crust.
- french roof — a mansard roof the sides of which are nearly perpendicular.
- french rose — Provence rose.
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- french-kiss — soul kiss.
- frenchified — Simple past tense and past participle of frenchify.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- fresh-faced — having a healthy or ruddy appearance
- frogmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch.
- front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
- ftp archive — archive site
- funfkirchen — German name of Pécs.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.